[Info-vax] OT: DEClaser 5100 printer, ways to connect without Appletalk

[John E. Malmberg]

JF Mezei wrote:
> Just an update. I have done some testing prior to downgrading my Macs to
> the new Snow Leopard (10.6).
> 
> DECLaser 5100 works with:
> 
> HP Jetdirect. You specify the IP as 10.0.0.30:100001
> 
<snip>
> The "jetdirect" seems to be just raw IP/TCP transfers. And they are batch.
> 
> Doing a :
> 
> 100 100 moveto
> (Hello World) show
> showpage
> 
> yields nothing until you end the connection at which point the page
> prints. a "(Hello Terminal) print flush" didn't respond with the "Hello
> Terminal" that it was supposed. So it appears to not support
> bi-directional communications. LPD of course is the same (but it is by
> design).

The printer is in ANSI mode by default.  If you want it to print 
PostScript, you need to send the escape sequence to put it in that mode.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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